Clearing
Singapore clearing mandate timed to avoid US/Europe overlap
With sufficient clearing options now available MAS is ready to set out clearing mandate
Target2-Securities: so far, so good as first systems go live
Pan-European securities settlement platform goes live on time and with minimum disruption
UOB Bullion and Futures aims for global clearing role
Singapore broker sees opportunity in banking's changing competitive landscape
Bond-CDS basis trades have 'stopped working', hedge funds say
Arbitrageurs have exited trades, leaving basis structurally higher
Nomura exec: client clearing scale insufficient outside Japan
Competition is set to intensify for Japan OTC clearing market as Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank starts client clearing
CME-LCH basis to persist, say dealers
Banks not convinced by CME plans to lure dealers from LCH.Clearnet
CCP wrangling sparks new frontloading fears
Dealers fear trades could be booked at CCPs they are not able to use
Q&A: Iosco’s Medcraft on CCP stress testing
CPMI-Iosco launch fact-finding mission on CCP risk management
Don't rush leverage ratio clearing fix, warns BoE
David Bailey cautions against a "knee-jerk reaction"
Who will be the dummy in CCP crash-tests?
Clearing houses, banks and regulators could all be caught in the wreckage
CCP stress-test rifts emerge as review gets underway
Banks, clearing houses and regulators all divided on question of standardised tests
Eurex looks to provide third-party clearing services in Asia
German firm aiming to support regional clearing market with one central offering
FCA survey finds high levels of leverage in hedge fund sector
Gross notional exposure to interest rate and forex derivatives on the rise
New clearing casualty as BNPP's Dixon departs
French bank, JP Morgan and Nomura have all lost senior clearing execs in past month
Norwegian adoption of Emir to fix cross-border clash
EU banks will be required to clear Nkr swaps – Norwegian banks currently are not
CME-LCH basis affecting choice of venue, say buy-siders
Pimco: price gap is now “material”; Eaton Vance says lowest cost is key factor
Risk España Survey 2015: All quiet on the clearing front
Almost two-thirds of respondents say they are not clearing OTC swaps, up from 53% in 2014
Custody Risk Summer 2015
Opportunities in repo and stock lending for new players
Regulators to put CCP risks under microscope
CPMI-Iosco stress-testing quiz will be precursor for broader risk review
Nomura reviews viability of swaps clearing business
OTC clearing service in Europe and US may face the chop
US vs EU CCP scrap may be settled by margin study
Isda AGM: analysis aims to end wrangle over merits of 1-day and 2-day margin rules
EC calls for more time to vet foreign CCP oversight
Third extension "necessary and proportionate", says EC internal document
Ice considers moving Brent contract to avoid EU margin hike
Ice says move is “not an outcome we want to see” but Emir margin could drive users away
Equity swaps clearing plans divide industry
Moves by CCPs to clear equity swaps leave market deeply divided